Pillow



Feb. 23, 1932. T. M. COGHLAN P ILLOW Filed March 30, 1928 Patented Feb.23, 1932 UNITED STATES THOMAS M. COGHLAN, F KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS PILLOWApplication filed March 30, 1928. Serial No. 265,881.

This invention relates to bedding material such as pillows, mattresses,cushions and the like, and has for its principal object the provision ofa new and improved resilient bedding material with new and improvedmeans for anchoring the resilient mechanism within the said material.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pillow that isprovided with metallic springs for giving it resiliency and so arrangingand anchoring the springs that the pillow is extremely flexible and willregain its shape after it has been distorted or flexed into variousshapes or forms.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a new and improvedpillow that is cheap to manufacture, easily assembled, eiiicient in useand one that will regain its shape after being flexed or compressed.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will appearfrom the following description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of the pillow;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form oi? construction, with partsbroken away;

Fig. at is a plan view of a still further modified form of construction,with parts broken away; and

Fig. 5 is a section on line with parts broken away.

The invention is disclosed in connection with a pillow, but it is asequally applicable to pads, mattresses, cushions and the like as it isto pillows, but for convenience of description and illustration, apillow has been selected to illustrate one embodiment of the invention.

Referring now to the drawings, the reference character designatesgenerally the pillow which comprises an upper portion 11 and a lowerportion 12. Eachof these portions are preferably composed of an outerfabric 13 and an inner fabric 14. Suitable filling such as cotton,kapok, feathers, compressed air, or the like is employed for formingwhat may be termed a padded portion. These padded portions are connectedto- 5-5 of Fig. f1,

gether at their peripheral edge as by external stitching as shown at 15whereby an inclosed pocket or recess 16 is formed between said portions.

Resilient cushioning means are adapted to be mounted within said pocketor recess16. In the form of construction illustrated, which is by way ofexample only, a flexible spring assembly unit 25 is employed for thispurpose. As shown, this unit comprises an-upper on fabric 17 and a lowerfabric 18 Whichare adapted to be connected together at intervals bysuitable partition walls 19 forming compartments 21 for receiving rowsof spiral sprlngs. 22. Thespring of each compartment 5 comprisesone ormore rows that are flexibly connected together by any suitable means asthe helicals 23. a p

Suitable means are provided for positioning the spring assembly unitswithin the recesses or pockets 16 of the pillow. One manner of anchoringthe sprlng unit is shown in Fig. 1 wherein the ends of the fabrics 17and 18 are extended andsewed in the seam 15 at each end of the pillow asshown in Fig. 2. By means of this arrangement, the spring unit isreturnedto proper position after the pillow has been doubled, rolled orotherwise distorted. i

The form of construction shown' in Fig. 3 differs from. that justdescribed in that the upper and lower fabrics of the, spring unit 25aare stitchedto the padded portion of the pillow 10a on both the ends andsides as at 15a and 20, respectively.

In the form of construction shown in Figs.

4 and 5, the spring assembly unit 256 is secured in the pocket or recess16b of the pillow 10?; as by being connected as by stitching at thecorners, both above and below to. the inner fabrics 146 as shown at 26and 27, respectively, in Figs. 4 and 5. Other anchorin means may beemployed.

lily providing partitions to form separate compartments for the springs,the pillow is more easily flexed, and all interference and noise of thespring movement is eliminated without in any way detracting from theresiliency of the pillow.

While in the form of construction shown, m0

both upper and lower portions 11 and 12 are padded, it is understoodthat, if desired, the padding or filling in one or both portions may bedispensed with, but the best results are obtained by employing suitablefilling in both ortions. When thus constructed, the device as all theappearanceof aconventional pillow and is equally as resilient andcomfortable. v

While I have shown and described the invention as applied toa pillow, itis understood that the claims are not so limited.

It is thought from the foregoing taken in connection with theaccompanyingdrawings i that the construction and operation of my devicewill be apparent to'thoseskilled in the art, and that changes insize,shape, proportion and details: of construction may, be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the appended claims,

. I claim as. my invention: a a, 1.1In; bedding material, a pair. ofpadded portionshavingtaperedmargins,saidpadded portions being spacedapart, a spring unit between saidpadded portions comprising apluralityof spiralsprings, an upperlanda lower fabric completely enclosing thearea occupied by, said springs, the peripheral edges of saidfabrics'beingextendedoutwardlybeyondsaid springs and broughtftogetherbetweenflthe peripheral-edges of said padded-portions ontwarclly of thepadding, all ofsaid edges being stitched together continuouslythroughout their entirelength whereby said. springs are heldiromdisplacement Within the enclosure formed by saidlpaddedlportions. i 1 is2. Inbedding material, a pairiof unitary rectangular "padded portionshaving; their margins tapered and stitched together throughout theirentire-periphery tov form a closed recess, aspringunit enclosecliwithinsaid recess, said unit comprising; -a"plurality of spiraLsprings,anfupper and a lower fab-1 ric completely enclosing the area voccupiedby the unit af-plurality of partitions between said itabrics formingcompartments fori the springs, said fabrics being extended beyond saidpartitions and continuously -externally stitched to: the taperededgesofsaidipadded portions with the stitches rforisecuring the edges ofsaid padded portions together. i In testiniony whereof I- aifix-myisignature.

THOMAS M. COGHLAN.

